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Coordinated editing of versioned packages in the JP programming environment

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System Configuration Management (SCM 1998)

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As part of an investigation of scalable development techniques for systems written in the Javaℳ programming language, the Forest Project is building JP, a prototype distributed programming environment. For extensibility and usability, a mechanism is required to coordinate the activity of multiple editor programs (each specializing in particular source types) with the JP versioning system. The JP architecture makes it possible, using a very simple framework, to coordinate loosely coupled Java-implemented editors that share no data representations with one another or with the versioning system. This framework also supports a streamlined user model for editing that keeps users' version awareness to an absolute minimum during routine development tasks. This architecture relies on two key technologies: orthogonally persistent object storage, and orthogonal versioning of hierarchical, immutable, source objects.

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Van De Vanter, M.L. (1998). Coordinated editing of versioned packages in the JP programming environment. In: Magnusson, B. (eds) System Configuration Management. SCM 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1439. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053887

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